Wisconsin slaughter Wolf advocates hope to curb what they call grossly inhumane and environmentally harmful forms of ‘hunting.’ page 14 April 17, 2014 | Vol. 5 No. 11 Dark political money clouds Earth’s future page 4 6 Saving Sadie 19 Snow White en pointe 20 A dancing Ira Glass 22 Unaffected art 29 Hard-boiled ideas Shot and left for dead, Michael Pink’s original Popular PBS host of ‘This May 4 is the last chance Before you give up on Sadie survived to become ballet ‘Mirror, Mirror’ pre- American Life’ appears at to see MAM’s ‘Uncom- those leftover Easter Eggs, an advocate for animal mieres amid much antici- The Riverside in an unlike- mon Folk,’ which showcas- check out Mike Muckian’s welfare and the disabled. pation on May 15. ly show with two dancers. es its vast folk collection. tantalizing ideas. 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM April 17, 2014 News with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg BIGGEST ASS in jail, the dough gets Super Mighty. in London is serving coffee, QUESTIONABLE VISITS MADISON doubled for landing on Go And he’s not tea, cakes and sandwiches QUALITY The world’s tallest horse and when a player lands getting cherry and offering two hours of A woman in Lufkin, Texas, and tallest donkey each on free parking, he or she empanadas or cuddle time with the house was arrested for posses- made an appearance at the cleans up. 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WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | April 17, 2014 3 4 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM April 17, 2014 Dark political money imperils Earth’s future By Lisa Neff services and prohibit local governments Staff writer from requiring contractors to meet labor Poliitical contributions designed to standards. weaken environmental regulations can be • Oppose waste-reduction and difficult to track. They’re moved through mandatory recycling laws. a network of right-wing campaigns, • Authorize state governments to open foundations, think tanks and political federal public land for oil, gas and coal groups. exploration. Americans for Prosperity is one of many • Require that state environmental such groups. protections be approved by a corporate- The State Policy Network is another, a backed panel. web of 60-plus think tanks — or “stink • Criminalize environmental and animal- tanks,” as they were called in a recent welfare activism. exposé by the Madison-based Center for ALEC, AFP and SPN all have ties to Media and Democracy and Progress Now. conservative billionaire brothers Charles The American Legislative Exchange and David Koch, whose preferred front Council is yet another group. The groups have invested far more in the effort to organization of lawmakers, corporations deny, skepticize and belittle the significance and interest groups drafts and promotes of global warming than ExxonMobil, “model” legislation on a range of issues. according to an analysis of information ALEC’s best-known laws are the anti-union, from Greenpeace, the Center for Media and anti-voter and anti-immigration laws that Democracy and other sources. were approved by legislatures around “Like a play on Broadway, the climate the country with the votes of lawmakers change countermovement has stars in the who receive huge donations from ALEC spotlight — often prominent contrarian members. ALEC’s “stand your ground” coal and dismantling energy efficiency mine workers. scientists or conservative politicians — model bill, a bonanza for the manufacturers standards. • Create hurdles for state agencies but behind the stars is an organizational of firearms and ammunition, is also well ALEC’s “polluter agenda,” according attempting to regulate carbon gases. structure of directors, script writers and known. to the Center for Media and Democracy, • Oppose protections on carbon dioxide producers in the form of conservative But in 2014, ALEC is betting its includes measures to: emissions. foundations,” said Robert Brulle, an seemingly unlimited supply of cash on • Oppose the EPA’s regulation of • Prevent the EPA from overruling state environmental sociologist and the author a slew of measures aimed at weakening greenhouse gases from mobile sources. permits for coal mining. of a report on climate change denials environmental protections, cutting • Give Congress the authority to block • Give legal protection to corporations renewable energy, increasing reliance on enforcement of federal protections on against victims of lead poisoning. clean air and water and safeguards for • Privatize public water and sewage EARTH next page WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | April 17, 2014 5 EARTH from prior page jobs. into our towns and cities and wanting to published in Climatic Change. “If you want to Opponents of the mine say the project, influence local codes and zoning regulations FOR THE PLANET PLANNER understand what’s driving this movement, located about 7 miles south of the Bad and land use plans,” said environmental WiG is growing a calendar of Earth you have to look at what’s going on behind River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa activist Tom Geske of Madison. Day-related activities in the state and the scenes.” reservation, would pollute pristine rivers The Koch brothers are significant beyond. For a list of events on or around What’s going on behind the scenes is and local groundwater. supporters of Walker and his gubernatorial April 22, go to www.wisconsingazette. wealthy polluters are investing in climate Republican lawmakers, led by Gov. bids. Before the recall election, David Koch com. change denial and opposing environmental Scott Walker, cleared the way for the told the Palm Beach Post in Florida, “We’re policies to protect their wealth and operation by stripping down the state’s helping him, as we should. We’ve spent a industries. mining regulations. Now, to some degree, lot of money in Wisconsin.